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Kenoth Shane Patton PDF Print E-mail
Kennoth Shane Patton

Kenoth Shane Patton danced with the Oklahoma University Modern Repertory Dance Theatre from 1991 through 1997, where he studied with Ko Yukihiro, Denise Vale, George White, Jr., Denise Jefferson and Maxine Sherman. He graduated with a BFA in dance performance from OU in 1997. He has studied with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre as well as the Martha Graham Company. He has also choreographed numerous works, some of which have been performed for the Daedalus Project at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and another with Dance Kaleidoscope. In the summer of 1998, he performed and taught in Singapore with Dance Ensemble of Singapore and performed the lead role in Temptations of the Moon with the Martha Graham Ensemble. This is his eleventh year with Dance Kaleidoscope.

 
Liberty Harris PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:20
Liberty Harris

Liberty Harris began her training in Indianapolis with Linda Reese at the Dance Magic Performing Arts Studio. She attended Interlochen Arts Academy on a dance scholarship for four years. While studying at Butler University, she was asked to join Dance Kaleidoscope for the 1997 production of Carmina Burana. Liberty then went on to dance with the Charleston Ballet Theater of South Carolina for two years. This is her ninth season with Dance Kaleidoscope.

 
George Salinas PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:12
George Salinas

George Salinas attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas, where he was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts finalist for his Mexican "Folklorico" dancing. George received his formal dance training from Denise Vale and Austin Hartel at the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance Pedagogy. While at the university, he was a guest dancer with the SD Prism Dance Theatre in Seattle, Washington, and a scholarship student with the American Dance Festival from 2001 through 2003. George has worked with renowned artists and choreographers: Tatiana Baganova, Kevin Brown, Chuck Davis, Luis Montero, Earl Mosely, Dennis Marshall, and Donald McKayle. He also has danced with Ballet Dallas, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, Mexico Lindo Dance Company, and the Modern Repertory Dance Theatre. This is his fifth season with Dance Kaleidoscope.

 
Jillian Godwin PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:14
Jillian Godwin

Jillian Godwin is in her fourth season with Dance Kaleidoscope as a full company member. She began her dance training in Indianapolis at Dance Magic Performing Arts Center and graduated from Broad Ripple High School, Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. While in high school, she competed in the Prelude Awards and was a finalist in the dance category in 2001 and 2003. Jillian danced as an apprentice for DK for one season before she was promoted to dancer. She has also trained at Chautauqua Institution School of Dance in Chautauqua, New York, and American Ballet Theatre's Summer Intensive in Detroit.

 
Mariel Greenlee PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:20
Mariel Greenlee

Mariel Greenlee is originally from Vestal, New York. She received her BA from Point Park University and studied in New York City at Dance Space, The Paul Taylor School and the David Parsons Workshop. She has also worked with Robert Battle, Margo Sappington, Doug Bentz, Beth Corning, Jana Hicks and others. Last season, Mariel was a recipient of a grant which enabled her to study at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, an opportunity made possible in part by the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. This is her fourth season with Dance Kaleidoscope. She would like to thank her friends and family for their love and support.

 
Melanie Schreiber PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:21
Melanie Schreiber

Melanie Schreiber received her early training in her hometown of Marietta, Ohio, and continued at Walnut Hill Performing Arts High School. In 2004, she graduated from SUNY Purchase, receiving honorable mention and her BFA in Dance Performance. She has also studied in NYC under scholarship at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio. She has worked with Jacqulyn Buglisi, Larry Clark, Richard Cook, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Rosanna Seravalli, Robert Swinston, Stephanie Tooman, Megan Williams, and Kevin Wynn. This is her fourth season with Dance Kaleidoscope.

 
Matthew Sparks PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:22
Matthew Sparks

Matthew Sparks is in his third season as a full company member with Dance Kaleidoscope. He was previously an apprentice with DK. A native Louisville, Kentucky, Matthew has performed in a variety of summer stock and regional theater productions. He graduated from Butler University with a BFA in Dance Performance.

 
Tanner Hronek PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:24
Tanner Hronek

Tanner Hronek began his dance training at the age of 12 in Ames, IA, under the instruction of Robert Thomas and Miyoko Kato.  During this time he performed jazz and ballet in many areas of the Midwest and also attended summer programs at Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet.  After high school he became a student at Butler University and later graduated with high honors.  For the last two years he was been a member of Charleston Ballet Theater where he has performed leading roles in classical and contemporary choreography.  He has also worked on stage with the Lexington Ballet, The National Ballet of Panama, Ballet Internationale, and Alexandra Ballet.  This is his third season with Dance Kaleidoscope.

 
Caitlin Swihart PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:25
Caitlin Swihart

Caitlin Swihart began her dance training at Fort Wayne Ballet in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University in May 2006 with a BFA in Dance Performance and BA in Anthropology. Caitlin has studied at the American Dance Festival, The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, and under the direction of Karen Kriete, Nathan Montoya, Leslie Peck, Larry White, and Myra Woodruff while at SMU. This is her second season with Dance Kaleidoscope.

 
Brittany Edwards PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007 10:27

Brittany EdwardsBrittany Edwards received her dance training in Indianapolis with Ballet Internationale, Jordan College of Fine Arts and at Broad Ripple High School and graduated from Butler University in 2007 with a BFA in Dance performance. While at Butler, she performed with the Butler Ballet in "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," and as Clara in "The Nutcracker" and also performed with Butler Chamber Dance. Brittany has also performed at the American Cabaret Theatre in "Disco Nights" (Angel) and "The Music of Motown." An accomplished figure skater, she appeared in "Ebony on Ice" in 2003 with Surya Bonaly and continues to coach at the Indiana World Skating Academy. Brittany is excited and honored to be in her first season with Dance Kaleidoscope.